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World Bank funds Uzbekistan's first solar-storage project
from the Asian Development Bank, Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, and Japan International Cooperation Agency. The World Bank is also providing a guarantee
May 22, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Asia, world bank, Uzbekistan
TotalEnergies and also Eneos develop 2GW solar JV
has actually created a joint venture with Japanese business Eneos to develop decentralised solar energy generation for their B2B customers in several
Apr 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, TotalEnergies, Eneos, Katsuki Arisa
Solar-powered hydrogen manufacturing in Japan
Japanese empire Toshiba Corporation has actually revealed its Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) project, on which building and construction started in July 2018, is functional.
The solar-powered 10 MW hydrogen plant in Namie community, Fukushima prefecture, is stated to be able to create 1,200 typical cubic meters (Nm3) of hydrogen per hr.
The periodic nature of solar generation triggered Toshiba to make the center to be able to get used to require and also provide in the grid, the firm stated.
" Hydrogen generated at FH2R will certainly likewise be utilized to power fixed hydrogen gas cell systems as well as to attend to ... movement tools, fuel-cell vehicles and also buses as well as even more," Toshiba included. "The most crucial obstacle in the present phase of screening is to make use of the hydrogen power administration system to attain the ideal mix of manufacturing and also storage space of hydrogen and also power grid supply-demand harmonizing changes without making use of storage batteries."
Solar energy
The plant is being powered by 20 MW of solar generation ability in addition to grid power. The hydrogen produced is being delivered in trailers as well as hydrogen packages to customers somewhere else in the prefecture in addition to the Tokyo city as well as various other areas.
In very early January, Toshiba appointed the H2One Station Unit, a power storage space system generating hydrogen at the Toyama City Environment Center in Toyama prefecture. According to the firm, that sort of installment can be released quickly as well as run by clients such as manufacturing facilities, harbors, airport terminals as well as bus depots. A comparable center was released at the end of December in Tsuruga City, in the Hokuriku area.
Toshiba's power system as well as remedies service started a presentation of an alternative hydrogen supply chain for electrical energy generation in May 2018.
The international had actually revealed in February 2016 it would certainly put even more focus on its power as well as storage space companies complying with an accountancy detraction which had actually motivated a restructure and also losses of around $6 billion in 2015.
Mar 11, 2020 // Solar to Fuel, Japan, Asia, hydrogen, Toshiba
Canadian Solar partners with Macquarie for Japanese PV push
to approve initial offer legal rights to the Canadian Solar Framework Fund, a Japanese-listed facilities fund holding solar possessions handled by Canadian
Feb 17, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, Macquarie Group, Shawn Qu, Japan Green Infrastructure Fund, JGIF
Pattern Energy confirms takeover interest
public in 2013, has 26 wind and solar energy projects in the US, Canada and Japan, with a total operating capacity of 4GW.
In February, the company
Aug 14, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, ssfusa, pattern energy, terraform power, brookfield asset mangement, mergers and acquisitions
Canadian Solar tops Japanese PV market
topped the ranking of cumulative capacity of solar projects awarded under Japan's feed-in tariff (FIT) auction programme given that its launch in 2017, with
May 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, Shawn Qu
Australia could start exporting sunshine in the form of hydrogen
As Australia’s nearby trading partners, including China, South Korea and Japan, switch to clean energy sources, the country will be forced to adapt, or else
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, Thermal, Solar to Fuel, Toyota, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Darren Miller, Alan Finkel, Craig Buckley, Øivind Wilhelmsen, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
‘They created a rechargeable world’
to German-born American John B. Goodenough, Brit Stanley Whittingham and Japan’s Akira Yoshino, for developing lithium-ion batteries.
“Lithium-ion
Oct 9, 2019 // Technology, Storage, USA, Japan, Lithium-ion batteries, Germany, UK, Europe, Asia, North America, John B. Goodenough, Brit Stanley Whittingham, Akira Yoshino, Nobel Prize
Asia Pacific PV ability to triple by 2030 as China leads development, claims Wood Mackenzie
rollout of tenders, but is influenced by low completion prices for projects.
Japan and also South Korea are placed 3rd and also 4th, setting up 63GW and 58GW of
Jul 14, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Japan, India, Wood Mackenzie, China, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Indonesia, Vietnam, Asia Pacific
Etrion introduces possible sale of Japanese solar properties
57 MW operating solar profile and also its 45 MW solar park incomplete in Japan.
The Company has received a number of non-binding propositions from strategic
Oct 22, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, Etrion, Marco Antonio Northland
Pacifico Energy has raised 266m USD for solar investment fund II
fund’s placement agents were Japanese branch of Goldman Sachs and NSC. The total amount of investment raised constituted 266m USD.
So far, the
Dec 3, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, Pacifico Energy
Vena Energy Powers Aomori With 20 MW Solar
company Vena Energy has commissioned two solar parks in Aomori Prefecture, Japan with a combined capacity of 20 MW. The Nanbucho 2 and 3 solar photovoltaic
Dec 1, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, PV Power Plant, Vena Energy
Another 300 MW solar auction for Japan
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has launched a procurement round for large scale PV projects, the fourth of its kind since the auction regime was introduced.
The Japanese government expects to allocate 300 MW of solar power generation capacity and secure lower solar electricity prices than those allocated in the three auctions held between 2017 and 2018. The minimum size of system eligible to bid for a power supply contract has been reduced from 2 MW to 500 kW in this year’s procurement.
Developers have until tomorrow to submit bids and the results will be announced on September 3.
In its projections, the ministry said the average cost of solar power generation from utility scale facilities is expected to drop to ¥10/kWh ($0.093) or less by mid-2021.
Disappointing returns
The previous three auctions were relatively disappointing in terms of final prices and allotted capacity. An under-subscribed first exercise in November 2017 saw only 140 MW of a hoped-for 500 MW of capacity allocated, at an average price of ¥19.6/kWh. The second auction, in September, was more successful in terms of capacity, with around 197 MW secured, but still delivered a pricey lowest bid of ¥16.47.
In the third exercise, finalized in January, final prices fell slightly but remained considerably higher than those seen in other mature markets, at ¥15.01/kWh. The ministry had received 38 bids but pre-qualified only 16, which offered total capacity of around 300 MW. In the event, only seven of the projects – with an aggregate capacity of 196.6 MW – secured contracts.
The Agency for Natural Resources and Energy department of the ministry has admitted it had aimed to secure 1-1.5 GW of new PV capacity through the three procurement rounds.
Aug 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, auction
Juwi tees up 54MW solar array on previous Japanese golf course
between juwi and Shizen Energy is constructing the project on behalf of Japanese renewables designer Pacifico Energy. Work will start this October, with the
Oct 19, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, EPC, Asia, Pacifico Energy, juwi, Jan Warzecha
Stonepeak Powers 500 MW Solar-Storage JV in Korea
and South Korea is one of its two main markets in the Asia Pacific, alongside Japan.
What Is Peak Energy's Joint Venture With Topinfra in South Korea?
The
Dec 18, 2023 // Plants, Storage, Asia, Korea, Peak Energy, Topinfra